At a Glance
1946 – 2016
Marine and NYPD veteran whose E.A.G. Tactical carbine courses set the AR-15 standard.
Schools
- E.A.G. Tactical (from 1989)
- Gunsite (rangemaster, 12 years)
Accomplishments
- U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam, retired Chief Warrant Officer
- NYPD sergeant, 54 commendations including the Medal of Valor
- NRA High Master and Distinguished Rifleman
- Leading authority on AR-15 carbine training
1946-2016
- New York City Police Department
– 54 commendations - Chief Warrant Officer in the Marine Corps
– Vietnam veteran in - firearms instructor at Gunsite Academy
- 1989 E.A.G. Tactical
– 25 years as a prominent firearms instructor - author: Make Ready With Pat Rogers
About Pat Rogers
Patrick A. “Pat” Rogers was a firearms instructor whose carbine courses helped define how private citizens, police officers and military personnel learned to run the AR-15 and M16 family of rifles. He brought an unusually deep background to the classroom: he retired from both active and reserve service in the U.S. Marine Corps and from the New York City Police Department, where he served as an officer and sergeant. He then spent 12 years as a rangemaster at Gunsite Academy in Arizona, one of the country’s best-known private training schools, and remained involved in Gunsite classes until the end of his life.
Through his own company, E.A.G. Tactical, which he led for 27 years, Rogers taught marksmanship and tactics in daylight and low light, outdoors and indoors, with AR-15 and M16-series rifles, AK-pattern rifles and semi-automatic pistols. Students and fellow trainers described him as a no-nonsense professional who cared about the people he taught, and he was a leading voice on the reliability and accuracy of the AR-15 platform. He was also active in NRA programs. Rogers died in May 2016, and the revolver training event he had been scheduled to teach that year now carries his name as the Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Round-Up at Gunsite.
Key Facts
- 1946: Born.
- 1989: Founds E.A.G. Tactical, which he leads for 27 years.
- May 2016: Dies shortly before he was scheduled to teach at the 2016 Revolver Round-Up in Dallas.
- 2016 onward: The Revolver Round-Up is dedicated to his memory; it is now held at Gunsite Academy as the Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Round-Up.
Sources
- We Are Diminished. Pat Rogers, Rest in Peace (NRA-ILA)
- TFB Mourns the Passing of Pat Rogers (The Firearm Blog)
- Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Round-Up (Gunsite)
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